csvjson library / gem v1.0 - read tabular data in the CSV <3 JSON format, that is, comma-separated values CSV (line-by-line) records with JSON encoding rules

Hello,

  I've published a new library / gem, that is, csvjon that lets you
read tabular data in the (new) CSV <3 JSON format, that is,
comma-separated values CSV (line-by-line) records with javascript
object notation (JSON) encoding rules.

   What's CSV <3 JSON?

CSV <3 JSON is a Comma-Separated Values (CSV)
variant / format / dialect
where the line-by-line records follow the
JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) encoding rules.
It's a modern (simple) tabular data format that
includes arrays, numbers, booleans, nulls, nested structures, comments and more.
Example:

    # "Vanilla" CSV <3 JSON

    1,"John","12 Totem Rd. Aspen",true
    2,"Bob",null,false
    3,"Sue","Bigsby, 345 Carnival, WA 23009",false

or


    # CSV <3 JSON with array values

    1,"directions",["north","south","east","west"]
    2,"colors",["red","green","blue"]
    3,"drinks",["soda","water","tea","coffe"]
    4,"spells",[]


  And how to read / parse in ruby? Example:

  txt <<=TXT
  # "Vanilla" CSV <3 JSON

  1,"John","12 Totem Rd. Aspen",true
  2,"Bob",null,false
  3,"Sue","Bigsby, 345 Carnival, WA 23009",false
  TXT

  records = CsvJson.parse( txt )     ## or CSV_JSON.parse or CSVJSON.parse
  pp records
  # =>  [[1,"John","12 Totem Rd. Aspen",true],
  #      [2,"Bob",nil,false],
  #      [3,"Sue","Bigsby, 345 Carnival, WA 23009",false]]

  # -or-

  records = CsvJson.read( "values.json.csv" )   ## or CSV_JSON.read or
CSVJSON.read
  pp records
  # =>  [[1,"John","12 Totem Rd. Aspen",true],
  #      [2,"Bob",nil,false],
  #      [3,"Sue","Bigsby, 345 Carnival, WA 23009",false]]

  # -or-

  CsvJson.foreach( "values.json.csv" ) do |rec|   ## or
CSV_JSON.foreach or CSVJSON.foreach
    pp rec
  end
  # => [1,"John","12 Totem Rd. Aspen",true]
  # => [2,"Bob",nil,false]
  # => [3,"Sue","Bigsby, 345 Carnival, WA 23009",false]

  and so on.

   Happy data wrangling with ruby (and csv and json). Cheers. Prost.

[1] https://github.com/csv11/csvjson - the csvjson library (reader / parser)
[2] https://github.com/csv11/csv-json   - the CSV <3 JSON format

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